Hi Fibery Friends,
Just putting some feelers out as to the needs of the Pittsburgh and the surrounding area regarding classes, spin-ins and other fun fibery events! Please take a couple of minutes and give me feedback.
Thanks,
Cosy
Independent Knitting Studio – PGH
May 25, 2012
what’s going on?
May 16, 2012it has been busy over here! my husband, who is an adjunct professor at 2 colleges/universities, is done for his semester. which gives me a bit of time to work… meaning business work, but also housework and other odds and ends. sadly, not quite as much woolie work as i would want.
this sweater just needs the underarms grafted. but it doesn’t need to be done right now, so probably won’t be.
three baby patterns just need the math written up so i can get them to test knitters.
i’ve been busting out a shawl for a friend who is moving away very soon. there will also be a pattern for this one.
and i need to spin some hair for a doll my mama is making the babe. who, by the way, is passing the baby stage entirely too fast!
plus, my biggest wish, is to get the studio in a decent state so i can start having open studios in the fall! but i’ve got all summer to do that minus big trips to MT, AK, and a cross country drive. we’ll see. this week we’ve been enjoying ben’s break with long walks, trips to the park, home cooked meals, and plenty of daddy/baby jogging/walking expeditions. not to mention, naps for all. and today i got to sleep in until 9.
and i’ve been particularly enjoying this.
hope you’re having a nice spring!
cygnus
May 5, 2012
there has been knitting!
May 3, 2012you can barely see the vest i knit m for his baptism which happened this last weekend.
it will be another new pattern. and some day i will get a better picture of it. ben’s almost done with teaching for the summer and then i’ll be working on patterns like a crazy woman. i’m excited :D
wip: pikkuveli aka, light bright
April 19, 2012i’ve been a bit quiet over here because i hurt my shoulder and couldn’t knit much for a bit, but i’m back at it now.
this is a sweater for m. from this pattern, which i think is so so lovely. i love looking at all the finished color combos. alas, the BRIGHT and DEEP purple blue in mine never comes out – on camera or when editing. raveled here.
i’m also working on some designs. next up is the math for the babe’s sweater. then to test knitters. then the crossbow mitts – which i have one knit already (they got put aside when i had pregnancy carpal tunnel). then i think a sport weight version of this sweater. there’s more on the list, but i don’t really think you need to know it all!
you may also like to know that i ordered some snapdragon fingering to dye, since i’m low and it’s a great summer yarn.
cygnus beret
April 16, 2012
A simple classic textured beret to keep you stylish and warm.
Yarn: DK weight yarn 150(200)
Needles: size 4 US [3.5 mm] 16 in. [40.64 cm] circular, and size 6 US [4 mm] 16 in. [40.64 cm] circular and double-pointed needles
Gauge: 12 sts/2 in. [5.08 cm] with larger needles in moss stitch
Sizes: smaller(larger), 20-21 in.[50.8-53.34 cm](22-23 in. [55.88-58.42 cm])
when you click on the button below and follow through on the payment, a two page automatic download in pdf format will be delivered to your email address.
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on ravelry here. and for the remainder of the month, the pattern is only $3! there will be a discount when you check out with it.
fairbanks the second
April 9, 2012
when it wasn’t 80 degrees in march, or 70 in april, you know, mid february, i decided the first fairbanks didn’t fit the little anymore. and as i mentioned, if i’d used worsted instead of aran or gone up a needle size on the first, i would have been golden. but there just wasn’t enough stretch in it.
so i made another one.
these are the leftovers from 2 skeins of snapdragon worsted. the brownish color is leftover from my brother’s windschief. i love the yardage on these skeins! i also included a stripe of this in the babe’s most recent sweater. and the purple is leftover from a sweater i’m currently knitting him. raveled here.
and he wore it a bunch before it turned to 70-80 degrees, so that’s good.
little monsters
April 7, 2012first of all, the winner of My Grandmother’s Knitting is Brooke K! yay.
but mostly i would like to say how much i enjoyed hearing all of your knitting histories. i like the plain old boring way that fiber arts are passed on. i like that it’s through bloodlines or through friends. i like that it’s earthy and can be put down and picked up again, regaining the thread. one of the reviews on amazon said that this book was boring because all the knitwear designers stories were just family stories. knitwear designers are people too :) and those are the stories i love.
p.s. there are still 2 more spaces left in the Falkland Fiber Club if you are so inclined. they’ll only be up until the 13th and don’t forget that you can also pay monthly instead of all at once.
p.p.s. the little monsters are made out of little balls of hand dyed yarn (mostly). they’re for our friends who are turning one. raveled here.
feature: double trouble
April 4, 2012my friend jill made these adorable hats as a gift for a set of twins.
using the lollipop hat pattern from my book and rainbow chard. she did such a great job on the embroidery that i just had to show them off. i also love her color combo.
